My Trails into the Past

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's Saturday Night again -  Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Our assignment Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings, is to: 1)  We all have ancestors who were alive in 1776, and some of them may have celebrated the signing of the Declaration of Independence or even served in the military during the War.  2)  Describe one or more of your ancestors who lived in that time or served in the military.   Here's mine: Well, one cannot assume that every genealogist has an ancestor in America during the revolution. I do, but I have not documented many of my ancestors in that time period. My husband does have some early German immigrants who may have been here then, too, but I also, have not documented them. I first searched my RootsMagic database for “revolution” to see what folks might turn up. This is what I found. None of these people have been documented by me. William Whitfield , father of Elizabeth Whitfield who m...

This is republished from 2015. Today is November 11, a day we honor veterans who served in the Armed Forces. I do not have many direct ancestors who were veterans, but I still want to honor those who were. This list includes those ancestors of my husband (in blue) and mine (in red). World War II Tom J. Johnston Jr. Tom J. Johnston Jr ., U.S. Navy. He served just a short time and was discharged due to a medical disability. He had been stationed in Idaho. George J Gorrell George Joseph Gorrell , U.S. Army. He was a staff sergeant with the 913th Air Engineering Squadron. He served in England and Germany. World War I William Cyril Hork William Cyril Hork , U.S. Navy. He served in submarine service and was last stationed in Long Beach aboard the submarine tender,  USS Alert . Civil War Amos Gorrell Jr. Amos Gorrell , Jr.,  Union Army. Co A, 18th Ohio. G...